alternate to Basecamp?

9 Mar 2009 - 9:20am

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hope turner

2009

My company is looking for an alternate solution for posting files to
share with our clients.

Currently we're using Basecamp and it is good, but has it’s
limitations. We like the ‘forum’ nature of it but it good do with some
tweaks. I think the biggest downfall (forgive me if I’m wrong, I have
only the most basic understanding of it) is the presentation layer. We
should be trying to display as much work on screen as we possibly can,
rather than the continual “download and open” process. What would be
great is a way to keep comments and the the work being commented on in
close proximity. And an iterative way to display the most recent work.

You might want to take a look at http://www.getsignoff.com/ - allows
you to annotate and comment on images. Not used it myself for anything
serious - but I might the next time I need to do something distributed.

Adrian

9 Mar 2009 - 11:55am

Heather Anderson

2008

www.actionmethod.com is similar to basecamp, but with more designer
feel to it and greater functionality.

The other one, which I think might suit you best, is Google Sites:http://sites.google.com/ Here you can insert docs, presentations,
spreadsheets, images, photo slide shows, forms, etc... and it's
FREE!!

ProjectPier is an open-source branch of the now-commercialized
activeCollab, originally conceived as a Basecamp alternative. I'm
trying out installations of ProjectPier for IxDA's project management
and for another project as well. It's only been a few weeks, but the
initial experience has been good. Eerily similar to Basecamp, but
makes me want to jump off a bridge much less :-). About as easy to get
up and running as Wordpress!

It lacks a built-in writeboard app, but since it's open source, there
are a few people working on this feature, as well as a few folks
writing modules and coming up with ways to integrate other web-based
apps into the platform. My hope is that, as a community, we can do
some design-led open-source work to contribute to this project.

The Behance action method also has a cool iphone app which so far has
been great for aligning my personal tasks. I haven't used it much
for delegation or team tracking yet.http://www.actionmethod.com/iPhone_Tour

There is a web based application whose name escapes me right now but I
heard about it through twitter - something about 5 minutes before 5pm,
or some such thing that at least seemed like the user experience was
better, more thought through than the developer-designed Basecamp. If
that jogs anyone's memory, please post to the list - I do actually
want to try it out.

~ will

"Where you innovate, how you innovate,
and what you innovate are design problems"

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Will Evans <wkevans4 at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a web based application whose name escapes me right now but I heard> about it through twitter - something about 5 minutes before 5pm, or some> such thing that at least seemed like the user experience was better, more> thought through than the developer-designed Basecamp. If that jogs anyone's> memory, please post to the list - I do actually want to try it out.>We're using 5pmweb. If you're nice, you'll use our referral code and
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Just used it and I will say it's got a slick gradual engagement thing going on. Gets you up and running immediately with progressive registration steps.

Cheers,
Liz

11 Mar 2009 - 12:52pm

Dave Malouf

2005

Liz, that shit is the da'bomb! OMG!!!!

Just from an IxD perspective, I'm lovin' it. I mean it can't fit all needs, but just imagine a drop.io space for a conference. So many uses, my head is spinning!!!

Definitely great for asset management collaboration type work. All it needs is a real-time drawing space, where you can annotate (draw & write on) assets and those drawings are seen by everyone looking at that moment and possibly saved/recorded for later viewing by those who didn't make it.

Very well thought out UI Design and IxD all around.

NICE!

(I'm not sure I'd consider it a basecamp substitute, as it really isn't a project management tool.)

11 Mar 2009 - 12:53pm

Dave Malouf

2005

I also wonder if there is a way through their API to use drop.io to extend our platform. Might be great for people to place in a drop area assets and use the space to have combination of real-time and async conversations about such assets.

28 Aug 2010 - 6:07am

kevin123

2010

you should checkout http://www.proofhub.com/. It is easy to use and fast. It includes many features like time tracking, collaboration, real time chat , online file proofing, milestones and many more. ProofHub lets you manage projects and quickly create client/project extranets.

15 Feb 2011 - 9:08pm

ggenit029

2011

This very useful blogpost lists several alternatives on project management software: